"Hi Lil." James looked at her pleadingly and ignored Arabella and Leah, who were both glaring at him, as if the were just her walking sticks or something. Lily ignored him and walked straight past him, with the aid of her two best friends, refusing to let the fresh wave of tears that was threatening to crash over her out. Her face had lost all its colour and she looked terrible. She wasn't even a pale white colour. She was grey. She was literally an ashen colour. "Lily I have to talk to you." James ran up after her. "Please, Lily?"
"Lily you don't have to," Arabella told her, whilst glaring at James.
"Yes, Bella, I do," Lily replied, unlinking her arms from her friends. "Outside," she hissed to James. He followed her out.
"Lily, I am SO sorry," James began.
"Do you really think sorry makes up for what you've done?" Lily asked him. He shook his head.
"I know it doesn't, Lily, but I have to tell you Lizzie means nothing to me. I love you," he told her.
"Why did you do it so, James?" Lily asked. "If Lizzie means nothing to you and if you love me so much why did you do it? Why did you sacrifice our relationship for someone who means so little to you?"
"I didn't plan for it to happen, Lily. It just did. She kissed me and I kissed her back but just for a minute. I pushed her away the minute I realized how much it would hurt you if…when you found out." Lily closed her eyes.
"You're right, James, it did hurt me. A lot. I truly, truly loved you and I THOUGHT you loved me but obviously not. I was just another one of you're toys, was I?" she spat at him. She stormed away, ripping her arm from his clutch. She grabbed the first boy she saw, a seventh year prefect from Hufflepuff, and tongued him. "There," she screamed at James, who was watching on, shocked. "Now you know how I feel!" She stormed up to her dormitory and sat on her bed, breaking into heart wrenching sobs the minute she did so.
"Lily?" Leah called, bursting open the door of their dormitory. Lily lay strewn across the bed, conked out. Her hair was tousled, her cheeks were puffy and tear-stained and her eyes were very noticeably red-rimmed. She hadn't shown up for any of her classes and Arabella and Leah had begun to worry about her. It wasn't like Lily to skip that many classes all in one day. Surely she wouldn't be dumb enough to go and do something stupid just because she was upset, would she?
"Poor Lily," Arabella commented. "Poor, poor Lily." She put Lily's blanket over the sleeping girl. Arabella and Leah were sitting on Arabella's bed, discussing recent events, and making sure Lily wasn't awake.
"We should have guessed this would happen!" Arabella announced. "Stupid, stupid us. I mean when was the last time James stayed with the same girl for six months without cheating? I guess temptation just got the better of him."
"I really thought he had changed, though," Leah replied, opening the window to let in some air.
"Obviously not," Arabella commented.
"Obviously not," agreed Leah, nodding. They sat in silence for a while before a knock at the door jolted them out of their thoughts. Before either had the chance to answer it, however, it was flung open by none other than James Potter.
"I need to see, Lily!" he begged.
"See her all you want," Arabella told him. "But don't you dare wake her up, you hear me?" He nodded. He sat down next to the peacefully slumbering Lily and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. She stirred, slightly.
"I love you so much," he said to her, softly. "I know you can't hear me, Lils, but I'm really, really sorry for what I did. I don't deserve you're forgiveness but please try anyway." With that he got up and walked out the door. Lily woke up 15 minutes later, crying.
"Lily are you ok, darling?" Arabella rushed over to Lily's side and stroked her hair, soothingly. Leah was gone to meet Remus.
"No," Lily replied, sobbing. She choked on her words. "I love him so much, Bel. I hate the saddest dream. James came to talk to me about what happened and he told me he loved me and that I shouldn't give him my forgiveness but could I try anyway."
"Lily that wasn't a dream. That happened. He was here just a little while ago."
"He was?" Arabella nodded and Lily started sobbing again.
"I don't know what to do, Bel," she gasped.
"Well do you love him?" Lily nodded.
"Of course I do."
"And do you want to be with him?" she asked again. Lily nodded. "Well he wants to be with you as well so I think the answer is pretty obvious, Lil." Lily nodded.
"You're right," she said, slowly. She got up and walked down to the common room to where James was sitting.
"Hi James," she said, quietly.
"Lily!" He jumped up.
"Can I talk to you?" she asked. "Alone?" He nodded.
"Of course," he told her. She climbed out the portrait hole and walked all the way out to the grounds, James in tow. Eventually she stopped by a small bench under a tree somewhere near the lake. She sat down and patted the seat next to her, gesturing for James to sit down as well. He did so, looking very nervous.
"James I DO love you," she told him.
"I love you too," he said, looking relieved.
"But," she started again. "I don't know if I can forgive you for the pain you've put me through. James looked at her, crest-fallen.
"I AM willing to try though," she added, softly, as James began to stand up. "That is if you still want to be with me." James scooted in towards her.
"Really?" he asked, taking her hand. She nodded.
"Yes. I really love you, James, no matter what you did to hurt me and if you still love me I guess that's all that matters for the moment." James pulled her to him and hugged her. She pulled away and pressed her lips against his.
"I love you, Lil," James whispered, breaking away from her for all of two seconds before his lips were on hers again. He slipped his tongue into her mouth and Lily could have fainted with relief of the thought that she and James were together again.
Lily twirled, happily, into her dorm well past midnight.
"Hi," she whispered to Arabella and Leah, who had woken up to the sound of her tuneless humming.
"Hey," they replied.
"So are you two back together then?" Leah asked, as Lily flopped onto her bed.
"Are we what!" Lily retorted.
"Lily you haven't stopped grinning since you got in here all of an hour ago," Arabella exclaimed. Lily smiled even wider. "What is UP with you?" she asked.
"Wouldn't YOU like to know!" Lily said, twirling around the room. All of a sudden it dawned on Arabella.
"Lily you didn't!" she said, looking shocked.
"Didn't what?" Lily asked, smiling one of those innocent, wide-eyed smile that usually means the person smiling isn't even in the slightest bit innocent.
"Well…you know!" Arabella said.
"Maybe I did and maybe I didn't," Lily told them, still smiling.
"Lily. Did you or not?" Leah prompted, joining in the conversation.
"Well," began Lily. "I'm 17, I've been with my boyfriend for six months, we just got over a huge fight and I happen to have hormones. What do you think?" she asked. There was a long pause.
"What was it like?" Leah and Arabella both burst out at the same time. Lily smiled again.
James sat in the common room with Sirius and Remus the next day. James had his feet propped up on the chess table in front of him. Remus was chasing Sirius around the room, like a mad man. By the time Sirius was lying on the ground, begging Remus for mercy Lily, Arabella and Leah had taken the time to wake up and go downstairs. They had been up until seven in the morning discussing Lily's new found lack of innocence and were exhausted. Lily smiled, shyly, over at James. He smiled back. She walked over to him, not seeming to notice that there were dozens of other people in the room. Everyone seemed to have disappeared and all that was felt was her and James. She climbed onto his lap and planted tiny kisses all over his face, as he stroked her right thigh, gently.
"Something about them has changed," Sirius commented, looking over at the loved up couple. He was lying on the ground on his stomach, propped up on his elbow. Arabella was sitting on top of him. Remus was sitting on the arm of one of the couches and Leah was leaning against him. His arms were wrapped around her waist and his head was resting, gently, on her shoulder.
"Something has," Leah told him.
"What?" Remus asked, curiosity getting the better of him.
"Wouldn't you like to know!" Arabella said, remembering Lily's words from last night. Sirius and Remus looked confused until their jaws dropped open with sudden realization. The looked over at James and Lily and saw Lily perched on James' lap with one leg to either side of him She was pushed up against him and his hands were resting on her lower back. Her, er, VERY lower back.
"They didn't!" Remus and Sirius cried in unison.
THE END.
Author's note: Ok that's it. It's a pretty weird ending I know but that's what came out. BOLD Lily and James. Ah well. It was bound to happen at some stage. So I hope you guys enjoyed it. (And I'm REALLY sorry about the loooooooooong delays in updating - it was the hardest story I ever wrote!)
Disclaimer: Last one!!!! As you know nothing you recognize is mine. The only thing that is mine is Leah and a couple of other characters you don't recognize. And of course the plot. Is that a good thing?
Thanks to all you brilliant people who reviewed this and encouraged me to keep going. I hope you got to read the end. I know I haven't exactly been the best updater! Thanks anyway!
"Lily you don't have to," Arabella told her, whilst glaring at James.
"Yes, Bella, I do," Lily replied, unlinking her arms from her friends. "Outside," she hissed to James. He followed her out.
"Lily, I am SO sorry," James began.
"Do you really think sorry makes up for what you've done?" Lily asked him. He shook his head.
"I know it doesn't, Lily, but I have to tell you Lizzie means nothing to me. I love you," he told her.
"Why did you do it so, James?" Lily asked. "If Lizzie means nothing to you and if you love me so much why did you do it? Why did you sacrifice our relationship for someone who means so little to you?"
"I didn't plan for it to happen, Lily. It just did. She kissed me and I kissed her back but just for a minute. I pushed her away the minute I realized how much it would hurt you if…when you found out." Lily closed her eyes.
"You're right, James, it did hurt me. A lot. I truly, truly loved you and I THOUGHT you loved me but obviously not. I was just another one of you're toys, was I?" she spat at him. She stormed away, ripping her arm from his clutch. She grabbed the first boy she saw, a seventh year prefect from Hufflepuff, and tongued him. "There," she screamed at James, who was watching on, shocked. "Now you know how I feel!" She stormed up to her dormitory and sat on her bed, breaking into heart wrenching sobs the minute she did so.
"Lily?" Leah called, bursting open the door of their dormitory. Lily lay strewn across the bed, conked out. Her hair was tousled, her cheeks were puffy and tear-stained and her eyes were very noticeably red-rimmed. She hadn't shown up for any of her classes and Arabella and Leah had begun to worry about her. It wasn't like Lily to skip that many classes all in one day. Surely she wouldn't be dumb enough to go and do something stupid just because she was upset, would she?
"Poor Lily," Arabella commented. "Poor, poor Lily." She put Lily's blanket over the sleeping girl. Arabella and Leah were sitting on Arabella's bed, discussing recent events, and making sure Lily wasn't awake.
"We should have guessed this would happen!" Arabella announced. "Stupid, stupid us. I mean when was the last time James stayed with the same girl for six months without cheating? I guess temptation just got the better of him."
"I really thought he had changed, though," Leah replied, opening the window to let in some air.
"Obviously not," Arabella commented.
"Obviously not," agreed Leah, nodding. They sat in silence for a while before a knock at the door jolted them out of their thoughts. Before either had the chance to answer it, however, it was flung open by none other than James Potter.
"I need to see, Lily!" he begged.
"See her all you want," Arabella told him. "But don't you dare wake her up, you hear me?" He nodded. He sat down next to the peacefully slumbering Lily and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. She stirred, slightly.
"I love you so much," he said to her, softly. "I know you can't hear me, Lils, but I'm really, really sorry for what I did. I don't deserve you're forgiveness but please try anyway." With that he got up and walked out the door. Lily woke up 15 minutes later, crying.
"Lily are you ok, darling?" Arabella rushed over to Lily's side and stroked her hair, soothingly. Leah was gone to meet Remus.
"No," Lily replied, sobbing. She choked on her words. "I love him so much, Bel. I hate the saddest dream. James came to talk to me about what happened and he told me he loved me and that I shouldn't give him my forgiveness but could I try anyway."
"Lily that wasn't a dream. That happened. He was here just a little while ago."
"He was?" Arabella nodded and Lily started sobbing again.
"I don't know what to do, Bel," she gasped.
"Well do you love him?" Lily nodded.
"Of course I do."
"And do you want to be with him?" she asked again. Lily nodded. "Well he wants to be with you as well so I think the answer is pretty obvious, Lil." Lily nodded.
"You're right," she said, slowly. She got up and walked down to the common room to where James was sitting.
"Hi James," she said, quietly.
"Lily!" He jumped up.
"Can I talk to you?" she asked. "Alone?" He nodded.
"Of course," he told her. She climbed out the portrait hole and walked all the way out to the grounds, James in tow. Eventually she stopped by a small bench under a tree somewhere near the lake. She sat down and patted the seat next to her, gesturing for James to sit down as well. He did so, looking very nervous.
"James I DO love you," she told him.
"I love you too," he said, looking relieved.
"But," she started again. "I don't know if I can forgive you for the pain you've put me through. James looked at her, crest-fallen.
"I AM willing to try though," she added, softly, as James began to stand up. "That is if you still want to be with me." James scooted in towards her.
"Really?" he asked, taking her hand. She nodded.
"Yes. I really love you, James, no matter what you did to hurt me and if you still love me I guess that's all that matters for the moment." James pulled her to him and hugged her. She pulled away and pressed her lips against his.
"I love you, Lil," James whispered, breaking away from her for all of two seconds before his lips were on hers again. He slipped his tongue into her mouth and Lily could have fainted with relief of the thought that she and James were together again.
Lily twirled, happily, into her dorm well past midnight.
"Hi," she whispered to Arabella and Leah, who had woken up to the sound of her tuneless humming.
"Hey," they replied.
"So are you two back together then?" Leah asked, as Lily flopped onto her bed.
"Are we what!" Lily retorted.
"Lily you haven't stopped grinning since you got in here all of an hour ago," Arabella exclaimed. Lily smiled even wider. "What is UP with you?" she asked.
"Wouldn't YOU like to know!" Lily said, twirling around the room. All of a sudden it dawned on Arabella.
"Lily you didn't!" she said, looking shocked.
"Didn't what?" Lily asked, smiling one of those innocent, wide-eyed smile that usually means the person smiling isn't even in the slightest bit innocent.
"Well…you know!" Arabella said.
"Maybe I did and maybe I didn't," Lily told them, still smiling.
"Lily. Did you or not?" Leah prompted, joining in the conversation.
"Well," began Lily. "I'm 17, I've been with my boyfriend for six months, we just got over a huge fight and I happen to have hormones. What do you think?" she asked. There was a long pause.
"What was it like?" Leah and Arabella both burst out at the same time. Lily smiled again.
James sat in the common room with Sirius and Remus the next day. James had his feet propped up on the chess table in front of him. Remus was chasing Sirius around the room, like a mad man. By the time Sirius was lying on the ground, begging Remus for mercy Lily, Arabella and Leah had taken the time to wake up and go downstairs. They had been up until seven in the morning discussing Lily's new found lack of innocence and were exhausted. Lily smiled, shyly, over at James. He smiled back. She walked over to him, not seeming to notice that there were dozens of other people in the room. Everyone seemed to have disappeared and all that was felt was her and James. She climbed onto his lap and planted tiny kisses all over his face, as he stroked her right thigh, gently.
"Something about them has changed," Sirius commented, looking over at the loved up couple. He was lying on the ground on his stomach, propped up on his elbow. Arabella was sitting on top of him. Remus was sitting on the arm of one of the couches and Leah was leaning against him. His arms were wrapped around her waist and his head was resting, gently, on her shoulder.
"Something has," Leah told him.
"What?" Remus asked, curiosity getting the better of him.
"Wouldn't you like to know!" Arabella said, remembering Lily's words from last night. Sirius and Remus looked confused until their jaws dropped open with sudden realization. The looked over at James and Lily and saw Lily perched on James' lap with one leg to either side of him She was pushed up against him and his hands were resting on her lower back. Her, er, VERY lower back.
"They didn't!" Remus and Sirius cried in unison.
THE END.
Author's note: Ok that's it. It's a pretty weird ending I know but that's what came out. BOLD Lily and James. Ah well. It was bound to happen at some stage. So I hope you guys enjoyed it. (And I'm REALLY sorry about the loooooooooong delays in updating - it was the hardest story I ever wrote!)
Disclaimer: Last one!!!! As you know nothing you recognize is mine. The only thing that is mine is Leah and a couple of other characters you don't recognize. And of course the plot. Is that a good thing?
Thanks to all you brilliant people who reviewed this and encouraged me to keep going. I hope you got to read the end. I know I haven't exactly been the best updater! Thanks anyway!